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215493. (Undetermined.) Poaceae. 



From Japan. Stolons presented by Kan Yashiroda, the Acclimatization 

 Garden, Tonosho-kyoku, Kagawaken. Received Apr. 14, 1954. 



A slender-leaved grass that endures poor, sandy, dry soils, making a good 

 turf for lawns. 



215494. Phyllostachys nuda McClure. Poaceae. Bamboo. 



From Maryland. Plants presented by George Darrow, Horticultural Crops 

 Research Branch, Beltsville. Received Apr. 15, 1954. 



215495. Tephrosia vogelii Hook. f. Fabaceae. 



From the Belgian Congo. Seeds presented by the Director, Institute National 

 Pour L'Etude Agronomique du Congo Beige, Yangambi, Stanleyville. 

 Received Apr. 15, 1954. 



No. 30/54. 



215496 to 215498. 



From Ethiopia. Seeds presented by Pierre G. Sylvain, Food and Agriculture 

 Organization of the United Nations, Addis Ababa. Received Apr. 15, 

 1954. 



Arabian coffee. 



Altitude 5,500 feet. 



215496. Coffea arabica L. Rubiaceae. 

 S.ll — Arousi. From Bacacsa, Aroussi Province. 



215497. Cordia abyssinica R. Br. Boraginaceae. 



Wanza. Tree up to 80 feet high with reddish mahogany-like timber 

 Used as coffee shade in eastern Africa. From Bacacsa. 



215498. Erythrina sp. Fabaceae. 



Korch. From Bacacsa, Arussi. Of possible value for shading coffee. 



215499 to 215512. Fragaria. Rosaceae. 



Strawberry. 



From France. Plants presented by Roland Chapron, Caen (Calvados) 

 Received Apr. 16, 1954. 



215499. Charles Simmen. 215506. 



215500. Cuompke de Liege. 215507. 



215501. DeWungesser. 215508. 



215502. Madame Moutot. 215509. 



215503. Muscade. 215510. 



215504. President de Devansaye. 215511. 



215505. Record. 215512. 



Reine de Tihange. 

 Saint Fiacre. 

 Sans Rivale. 

 St. Claude. 

 Surprise des Halles. 

 Triomphe. 

 Ville de Caen. 



215513 to 215515. Brassica oleracea var. capitata L. 



Brassicaceae. Cabbage. 



From Germany. Seeds presented by the Max Planck Institut fur Zuchtungs- 

 forschung, Ladenburg/Neckar, Rosenhof. Received Apr. 19, 1954. 



215513. Bindsachsener. 



215514. Bohmer A. 



215515. Bohmer F. 



215516. Triticum aestivum L. 



Poaceae. 



Common wheat. 



From Argentina. Seeds presented by the Division de Exploraciones e Intro- 

 duction de Plantas, Buenos Aires. Received Apr. 19, 1954. 



